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Lansvale is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lansvale is located 28 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the City of Fairfield and is part of the South-western Sydney region.
[edit] History
Lansvale took its name from a combination of the names of the neighbouring suburbs of Lansdowne and Canley Vale. [1] This area was a most popular recreational site of the early twentieth century. Latty's Pleasure Grounds, the Butterfly Hall, Hollywood Park and the Lansdowne Reserve were popular ventures which fringed the river and lakes system. The amusement parks were struggling by the time of the Great Depression and eventually the land that they occupied was acquired by the council for public reserves.[2]
A local landmark is Lansdowne Bridge, a sandstone bridge built between 1834 and 1836, designed and supervised by David Lennox. The bridge is listed on the Register of the National Estate.[3] Magic Kingdom was an amusement park that operated in Lansvale from the 1970s to the 1990s.
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[edit] References
- ^ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, p.148, ISBN 0-207-14495-8
- ^ Book of Sydney Suburbs, p.148
- ^ The Heritage of Australia, 1981, p.2/24
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